EP0094255A3 - Maximum power capability blanket for nuclear reactors - Google Patents

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EP0094255A3
EP0094255A3 EP83302661A EP83302661A EP0094255A3 EP 0094255 A3 EP0094255 A3 EP 0094255A3 EP 83302661 A EP83302661 A EP 83302661A EP 83302661 A EP83302661 A EP 83302661A EP 0094255 A3 EP0094255 A3 EP 0094255A3
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blanket
maximum power
nuclear reactors
power capability
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Thomas Martin Camden, Jr.
William Lawrence Orr
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CBS Corp
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/30—Assemblies of a number of fuel elements in the form of a rigid unit
    • G21C3/32—Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements
    • G21C3/326—Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements comprising fuel elements of different composition; comprising, in addition to the fuel elements, other pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped elements, e.g. control rods, grid support rods, fertile rods, poison rods or dummy rods
    • G21C3/328—Relative disposition of the elements in the bundle lattice
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21C—NUCLEAR REACTORS
    • G21C3/00—Reactor fuel elements and their assemblies; Selection of substances for use as reactor fuel elements
    • G21C3/30—Assemblies of a number of fuel elements in the form of a rigid unit
    • G21C3/32—Bundles of parallel pin-, rod-, or tube-shaped fuel elements
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E30/00—Energy generation of nuclear origin
    • Y02E30/30—Nuclear fission reactors

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Monitoring And Testing Of Nuclear Reactors (AREA)
  • Structure Of Emergency Protection For Nuclear Reactors (AREA)
EP83302661A 1982-05-11 1983-05-11 Maximum power capability blanket for nuclear reactors Expired EP0094255B1 (en)

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US377227 1982-05-11
US06/377,227 US4495136A (en) 1982-05-11 1982-05-11 Maximum power capability blanket for nuclear reactors

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EP0094255A2 EP0094255A2 (en) 1983-11-16
EP0094255A3 true EP0094255A3 (en) 1984-03-28
EP0094255B1 EP0094255B1 (en) 1987-02-04

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EP (1) EP0094255B1 (en)
JP (1) JPS58204388A (en)
KR (1) KR910003801B1 (en)
DE (1) DE3369764D1 (en)
ES (1) ES8703036A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2526988B1 (en)
IT (1) IT1168705B (en)
PH (1) PH19974A (en)
ZA (1) ZA832863B (en)

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ES522224A0 (en) 1987-01-16
JPS58204388A (en) 1983-11-29
FR2526988B1 (en) 1986-03-28
KR840004602A (en) 1984-10-22
ZA832863B (en) 1984-07-25
IT1168705B (en) 1987-05-20
DE3369764D1 (en) 1987-03-12
ES8703036A1 (en) 1987-01-16
US4495136A (en) 1985-01-22
PH19974A (en) 1986-08-26
FR2526988A1 (en) 1983-11-18
EP0094255B1 (en) 1987-02-04
IT8320822A1 (en) 1984-10-28
IT8320822A0 (en) 1983-04-28
JPS6365916B2 (en) 1988-12-19
KR910003801B1 (en) 1991-06-12
EP0094255A2 (en) 1983-11-16

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